Scientific Visualization and Computer Graphics (SVCG)
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Our SVCG research group, within the Department of Computing Science, is a part of the Johann Bernoulli Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science (JBI) of the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
The group carries out research in the area of scientific visualization, information visualization, software visualization, multiscale shape analysis, illustrative computer graphics, and innovative interfaces using large displays. We apply our research to fundamental and practical problems from the life sciences (functional brain imaging, bioinformatics) and astronomy. The group participates in the research school Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience (BCN) and the Neuroimaging Center (NIC) of the University of Groningen and the University Medical Center Groningen.
News
| February 2012 | Bertjan Broeksema has obtained, for the second year, the prestigious IBM PhD Fellowship award for his research on visual analytics on rule-based data. |
| November 2011 | Matthew van der Zwan started as PhD student in our group. He works in the i-VIRNA project on 3D image analysis. |
| October 2011 | The poster and extended abstract at IEEE BioVis 2011 about spatially continuous control of abstraction in molecular visualization by the group received the Best Abstract Award of the symposium, see the project page. |
| September 2011 | The UK, the University of Groningen's independent weekly newspaper reported about our collaboration with the university's Visualization Center on creating interactive visualizations on their large touch-sensitive display wall; the article is by Rene Fransen and is entitled »One touch is all it takes« (UK volume 41, number 6, international pages 2–3) |
| September 2011 | Alessandro Crippa successfully defended his PhD thesis on September 9, 2011. |
| August 2011 | Our group is starting a 4-year PhD research project on intelligent video-based robotic navigation (i-VIRNA) together with Lely Technologies. In this project, we will use 3D point-cloud surface reconstruction and shape analysis techniques for constructing the new generation of autonomous milking robots. |
| July 2011 | Our proposal for a 4-year Dutch-Brasilian exchange programme at PhD and senior staff level has been approved by Capes-Nuffic. In this project, we will study image-based information visualization. The coordinator from the Dutch side is prof. Alexandru Telea. |
| June 2011 | Bilkis Jamal Ferdosi successfully defended her PhD thesis on June 24, 2011. |
| April 2011 | Reuters has created a video segment about our collaboration with University of Groningen's Visualization Center on creating a very large touch-sensitive display (not »the largest« as they claim in the video, but probably »the largest curved one«) |
| February 2011 | Bertjan Broeksema has obtained a PhD Fellowship (20,000 USD) from IBM to support his Visible Rules doctoral research. IBM Fellowships are awarded by competition to the brightest PhD students who do research related to several topics of interest at IBM. The funding will support Bertjan's ongoing PhD programme. |